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SAN FRANCISCO -- Joe Panik scored on a wild pitch to break a seventh-inning tie, and the San Francisco Giants edged the Washington Nationals 3-2 Tuesday to grab a spot in the National League Championship Series. The Giants, a wild-card entrant in the playoffs, won the best-of-five NL Division Series in four games. San Francisco moves on to face the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS in a rematch of the 2012 league finals. The Giants won that series 4-3 en route to their second World Series championship in three seasons. Coincidentally, the Giants won this year's season series over the Cardinals 4-3. Game 1 of the NLCS is scheduled for Saturday night in St. Louis. Rebounding...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Joe Panik scored on a wild pitch to break a seventh-inning tie, and the San Francisco Giants edged the Washington Nationals 3-2 Tuesday to grab a spot in the National League Championship Series.
The Giants, a wild-card entrant in the...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Washington Nationals took advantage of a two-run throwing error by San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner to break a scoreless tie in the seventh inning en route to a series-extending, 4-1 victory Monday afternoon.
The win...

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NEW YORK -- Derek Jeter created one last magic moment in his home finale.
The retiring Yankees captain hit the game-winning single with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning as New York beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 Thursday.
The Yankees blew a...

With the postseason looming and big-market teams like the Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies about to go home, it's up to the Dodgers to save October.
They don't have the best record and they may not have lived up to anyone's preseason expectations, but...

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The highs
• Clayton Kershaw was king of baseball in 2014 — National League most valuable player, Cy Young Award winner, pitched a no-hitter*, hit a score-tying triple, fielded a ground ball behind his back,...

KEY MOMENT: Clayton Kershaw is more than just the best pitcher in the National League, he's also a good hitter and a daring baserunner, two talents he used to break open a scoreless game in the fifth inning. After singling with one out, he went from first...

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DETROIT — Mike Trout was 20 and Bryce Harper was 19 when they played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League in 2011. Neither had set foot in the big leagues by then, but it was clear to Angels catcher Hank Conger, a Scorpions teammate,...

WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper and Mike Trout have been linked for years, from the amount of hype attached to them as amateurs, to being called up to the big leagues for good on the same day in 2012, winning rookie-of-the-year awards that season and being...

KEY MOMENT: Raul Ibanez's three-run triple in the eighth inning was the decisive blow, but it would not have been possible if not for Erick Aybar's clutch two-out, run-scoring hit to right field that pulled the Angels even, 1-1, and Chris Iannetta's...

WASHINGTON — On a night that was supposed to be a showcase for the transcendent talents of two of baseball's brightest young stars — Angels center fielder Mike Trout, 22, and Washington Nationals left fielder Bryce Harper, 21 — two old guys ruled.
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